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Athena Parthenos Chiaramonti, colossal head of Athena, Rome, late 1st century CE. Found together with an arm and a foot, it was part of an acrolith statue believed to be a copy of an original from the circle of Phidias

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Athena Parthenos Chiaramonti, colossal head of Athena, Rome, late 1st century CE. Found together with an arm and a foot, it was part of an acrolith statue believed to be a copy of an original from the circle of Phidias

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Bronze face mask from a Roman parade helmet, late 1st century AD. Discovered at the fort of Trimontium along with two others in southern Scotland.

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Bronze face mask from a Roman parade helmet, late 1st century AD. Discovered at the fort of Trimontium along with two others in southern Scotland.

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Marsylas flayed, a 1st-2nd century AD Roman copy of a Greek original from the 2nd century BC, found at the Horti Maecenatiani. The choice of the marble, known as pavonazzetto, renders dramatically the livid colors of the tortured body and gives a startlingly lifelike impression...

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Marsylas flayed, a 1st-2nd century AD Roman copy of a Greek original from the 2nd century BC, found at the Horti Maecenatiani. The choice of the marble, known as pavonazzetto, renders dramatically the livid colors of the tortured body and gives a startlingly lifelike impression...

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Leto fleeing the serpent Python with her children Apollo and Artemis. 2nd century CE Roman copy of a Greek original, currently at the Louvre.

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Leto fleeing the serpent Python with her children Apollo and Artemis. 2nd century CE Roman copy of a Greek original, currently at the Louvre.

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The Relief of Three Dancing Nymphs is a marble relief found in Libya, believed to be a Roman-period Athenian copy of a now-lost 4th-century BCE original by the sculptor Praxiteles. Now housed at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in California

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The Relief of Three Dancing Nymphs is a marble relief found in Libya, believed to be a Roman-period Athenian copy of a now-lost 4th-century BCE original by the sculptor Praxiteles. Now housed at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in California

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A Hellenic or Roman marble head of a goddess statue, defaced with a Christian cross during the Late Antique period. The statue dates back to 2-1st century BC. Defaced during late Antiquity . Archaeological Museum of Samos, Greece.

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A Hellenic or Roman marble head of a goddess statue, defaced with a Christian cross during the Late Antique period. The statue dates back to 2-1st century BC. Defaced during late Antiquity . Archaeological Museum of Samos, Greece.

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Marble fragment with the head of Medea from a 1st or 2nd c AD Roman copy of a Greek original relief, thought to have been decoration from the parapet surrounding the Altar of the Twelve Gods in the Athenian Agora, ca. 420–410 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Marble fragment with the head of Medea from a 1st or 2nd c AD Roman copy of a Greek original relief, thought to have been decoration from the parapet surrounding the Altar of the Twelve Gods in the Athenian Agora, ca. 420–410 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Roman marble sculpture showing the philosopher Socrates. The object is dated to the mid-1st century CE and is a copy of a Greek original from the 4th century BCE. The artifact is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

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Roman marble sculpture showing the philosopher Socrates. The object is dated to the mid-1st century CE and is a copy of a Greek original from the 4th century BCE. The artifact is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

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Winged Victory statuette, Bronze, Pompeii, 1st century AD. Smaller copy of a well-known Greek piece, frequently reproduced in antiquity. The original gilded bronze was created by the Tarentines to celebrate their victory over Rome at Heraclea in 281 BC with the help of King Pyrrhus...

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Winged Victory statuette, Bronze, Pompeii, 1st century AD. Smaller copy of a well-known Greek piece, frequently reproduced in antiquity. The original gilded bronze was created by the Tarentines to celebrate their victory over Rome at Heraclea in 281 BC with the help of King Pyrrhus...

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Roman marble head of an old woman wearing a kerchief. This is Roman copy of a Hellenistic original from the 3rd - 2nd century BCE.

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Roman marble head of an old woman wearing a kerchief. This is Roman copy of a Hellenistic original from the 3rd - 2nd century BCE.

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The "Mask of Dresio". A Celtic iron age head from Ossola Valley, Northern Italy that was used as a fountain mask since possibly the Roman/Medieval era until recent years. It is now substituted with a replica on the fountain. Was originally either part of a statue or a sacred spring.

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The "Mask of Dresio". A Celtic iron age head from Ossola Valley, Northern Italy that was used as a fountain mask since possibly the Roman/Medieval era until recent years. It is now substituted with a replica on the fountain. Was originally either part of a statue or a sacred spring.

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An ancient sculpture showing a Greek strategist. The marble object was discovered in Herculaneum and is dated to the 1st century CE. It is probably a copy of a Greek original from the 5th century BCE. The artifact is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

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An ancient sculpture showing a Greek strategist. The marble object was discovered in Herculaneum and is dated to the 1st century CE. It is probably a copy of a Greek original from the 5th century BCE. The artifact is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

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Part of a recently acquired collection of 20 original Papal Bulls from Italy, dating from the 16th to 18th century, and 10 with original bulla and cords. The oldest example is one issued by Pope Pius V

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Part of a recently acquired collection of 20 original Papal Bulls from Italy, dating from the 16th to 18th century, and 10 with original bulla and cords. The oldest example is one issued by Pope Pius V

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Assyrian Lamassu statue with a human head, bull’s body, and eagle wings. These stood at palace gates to guard against evil and show royal power. From the Neo-Assyrian Empire, around 9th century BCE

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Assyrian Lamassu statue with a human head, bull’s body, and eagle wings. These stood at palace gates to guard against evil and show royal power. From the Neo-Assyrian Empire, around 9th century BCE

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Two crab-form paperweights, originally separate, which fused together during centuries of burial. China, Yuan dynasty, 14th c. Copper alloy. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from Fujian Museum, Fuzhou

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Two crab-form paperweights, originally separate, which fused together during centuries of burial. China, Yuan dynasty, 14th c. Copper alloy. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from Fujian Museum, Fuzhou

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Detail of the face of one of the "Bronze Runners", two full-size bronze statues with bone and stone inlays for the eyes, found at the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum. Generally dated between the first century BC and the first AD, they are believed to be copies of Greek statues...

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Detail of the face of one of the "Bronze Runners", two full-size bronze statues with bone and stone inlays for the eyes, found at the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum. Generally dated between the first century BC and the first AD, they are believed to be copies of Greek statues...

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Fragment of a Roman wall painting with a Latin inscription from the 3rd century CE. The object was found on the remains of an amphitheater in ancient Viminacium in eastern Serbia.

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Fragment of a Roman wall painting with a Latin inscription from the 3rd century CE. The object was found on the remains of an amphitheater in ancient Viminacium in eastern Serbia.

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Bronze statue of a young man. The figure shown is in the middle of a prayer - hence its name "Praying Boy". The object was found in Rhodes, and is dated to the 3rd century BCE.

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Bronze statue of a young man. The figure shown is in the middle of a prayer - hence its name "Praying Boy". The object was found in Rhodes, and is dated to the 3rd century BCE.

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The Ancient City of Hegra, in the Arabian Desert, c.50 CE: this rock-hewn city was built by the Nabataeans, and it originally served as a center for international trade, but it was later transformed into a necropolis with more than 100 monumental tombs

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The Ancient City of Hegra, in the Arabian Desert, c.50 CE: this rock-hewn city was built by the Nabataeans, and it originally served as a center for international trade, but it was later transformed into a necropolis with more than 100 monumental tombs

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